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2013 Worship Guide
Supplement to Lincoln Daily News.com
Bethlehem: “But you, O Bethlehem Ephra-
thah, who are too little to be among the
clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for
me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose
coming forth is from of old, from ancient
days.” – Micah 5:2
Since He had to be born in Bethlehem, God
the Father moved all of history so that the
Roman emperor would decree a census of
his empire: “In those days a decree went
out from Caesar Augustus that all the world
should be registered. This was the first
registration when Quirinius was governor
of Syria. And all went to be registered, each
to his own town. And Joseph also went up
from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to
Judea, to the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the house
and lineage of David.” – Luke 2:1-5
The Roman world was in transit, each going
to his town to register for the census. Towns
were crowded. The Little Lord came into the
world barely noticed by man.
The Little Lord came to save the world from
the curse of sin, from the venom of the An-
cient Dragon, Satan. The Little Lord is fully
man and fully God. Jesus is born of a
